Blog Party PSA...

Just passing along some fun info

from the girls "At the Picket Fence"

A Blog Party…Fun! A Blogger Block Party…Awesome!! Last week we announced we would be kicking off the official start of summer with our first annual Blogger Block Party on June 20-25!

12 Blogs

6 Days

1 HUGE party!

We are joining forces with all of these fabulous bloggers

 to host one big week long summer link party!

We each will have a summer related theme everyday of the week and you are welcome to link up as few or as many projects as you want throughout the week related to any of the themes..and trust us there is a theme for everyone! Because this is a “blog hop” the entire link party will show up on all 12 blogs the entire week so you are free to hop from blog to blog linking up your theme related projects! We will wrap-up the Block Party on Saturday, here At The Picket Fence with a highlight feature of some of our favorite links! How cool is that?!

So what are the themes you ask? Well here ya go!

DebbieDoo’s Blogging and Blabbing-Summer Paint Projects
At The Picket Fence (Vanessa)-Summer Activities for Kids
My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia-Drop Cloth Projects
Savvy Southern Style-Summer Decks and Porches
DIY by Design-Outdoor Cooking and Dining
Elements Interiors-Summer DIY Projects
Green Door Girl Designs-Summer Fashions
No Minimalist Here-Summer Entertaining
SAS Interiors-Summer Spaces
Common Ground-A Vintage Summer
French Country Cottage-A Shabby Cottage Summer
Stuff and Nonsense-Summer Sales (Thrifting, Flea Markets and Yard Sales)
At The Picket Fence (Heather)-Fresh from the Garden (Garden Recipes and Projects)


WHEW! See we told ya there was something for everyone! We hope you will visit each of the blogs where they will share what they have been up to this summer and then link up your theme related posts! You will see some blogs share a party date! That makes it even more fun! Just hop over to the other themes and if you have a post (past or present) related to their theme you can link it up!

And, what would a party be without PRESENTS!?! Except these presents aren’t for us…they’re for you! Yep! That’s right! There will be 13 GIVEAWAYS..one for each theme! So you will need to visit each blog to see what their giveaway is! That’s a whole lot of giveaway loving! All giveaways will be drawn from those who link up projects! The more projects you link the more chances you have to win one of the incredible items we will be giving away!

So here’s what we need YOU to do! Get those summer posts ready to share with us! It can be a past post or a new post…just as long as it’s related to summer! No Christmas Trees please!

And we’d love it if you’d help us spread the word about our Blogger Block Party by taking the button below and placing it in your sidebar!

Or, if you really feel in the party spirit we’d love you to blog, Facebook or Twitter about the party! Feel free to use any of the graphics in our post. We don’t mind this type of “borrowing”!

So get ready to join us the week of June 20-25 for our week long Blogger Block Party!
Hope to see you all there! 

At The Picket Fence

Simplicity

Over the weekend I found a couple of wonderful "whites",

 and wanted to share them,

 along with some other info.

Nothing earth shattering...

just something that I've needed to do for awhile,

but was chicken.

And that would be to stop relying on the automatic setting of my camera.

I'm still learning,

but at least I put my big toe in the water

of the proverbial pond of better picture taking.

Of all places, I chose a spot where the light isn't very good,

but I just wanted a "simple setting" for sharing my new white finds.

This old white tureen is my new favorite to add to my ironstone collection.

Just love that wonderful shape.

 Upon an Internet search, I found that this piece is French;

probably from the 1930's.

and a pristine set of four white European linen

 monogrammed towels from the same estate sale.

They are gorgeous and I knew they were a real find.

(Hubbs had his wallet, so I jumped on them!)

The silver cutlery set came from The Seed Box Open House last month.

(among many other things that I just haven't shown yet)

Then Saturday, I also found this precious little print from the twenties.

The night before, I had just visited Fishtail Cottage

with her post on visiting Farm Chicks,

and her local find of this same print and it's companion print.

I commented that I'd never seen one before.

And good grief, here it was in a local flea market so I grabbed it.

Oh how I love bluebirds!

This is just a haphazard stack of white china that I love to play with.

So, my new tureen is a test subject,

of playing with different camera settings.

and proof to myself

that I actually can "do" simple.

Hope you're off to a great start this week,

we had a little rain and a cool down for a few days.

Enough to water the grass,

and give me a break from the hose.

I'll see you Thursday,

if not before,

for my new toy...

a potting station!

I have a few photos from the sale at Pheona's Vintage Market

I'll share those soon!

Joining these parties:

(Links are on my sidebar)

Love you all,

          

Vintage Inspiration Friday #41 My Latest Find

I'm still working outside trying to get things "presentable".

The Spring was so rainy and yucky

and now it's in the 90's and hasn't rained for 2 weeks.

When it's this hot my body just rebels against weeding

and anything relating to outside work,

 it just wants to float in the pool with a glass of lemonade.

I wanted to share a fun outside find for my flowers,

that I located a few weeks ago.

This perfect size, red antique wheelbarrow.

Even though I might not have painted it red myself,

I have to admit it really looks cute with red and white flowers in it.

I winter all my geraniums in the John Deere room

(the majority of them are coral red)

So I thought I'd try to do white ones here in the wheelbarrow.

For some reason I couldn't locate many white ones,

so I just planted a variety of flowers

along with the few white geraniums that I did find;

petunias, million bells, lantana, and some vinca vine.

This gets most of the day's sun

and the lantana seems to do well in the heat.

petunias, not so much...

If you're wondering about the brick barrier around the pool

it's our chipmunk deterrent.

With all the chasing and fun that a chipmunk has when it falls in love,

once in the pool, they can't get out.

This has helped tremendously!

Here are a few other planted wheelbarrows from Pinterest

I'm working on putting together a little potting bench under the deck.

Hopefully, I'll have that to show soon.

How are your outdoor spaces shaping up?

Now, some great posts from last weeks VIF:

Lara from Air Kiss,

 Pretties up a rustic box with her gorgeous peonies.

If you haven't met Lara you will fall in love

with her gorgeous photos.

Lemon Lane Cottage

sets a table with her family heirloom

Rose Chintz china.

Debbie, from Confessions of a Plate Addict

shows us how to make Frenchy Anduze Pots

without the trip to France!

(love this!!)

And my good friend Donna,

of D. R'eyne's Everyday Elegance

shares her wonderful Tinker House.

(magazine material for sure)

I'm linking up with these great weekend parties:

Hope you'll join in for the party,

remember...

anything vintage or vintage inspired.

And pretty please, link back to this post.

Just grab the button on the sidebar.

It's a bummer coming to visit and there's no mention of

Vintage Inspiration Friday

anywhere... boo hoo!

it just takes a minute to let people know who you're linking to.

I'm trying my best to get to everyone who links up,

this blogger comment business is really slowing me down...

oh, and don't forget the

Summer Blog Party

the week of June 20-25.

I'll be showing some fun ways to enjoy summer

that have a vintage twist!

Have a great weekend everyone.

lots of love,